GOP CONGRESSMAN ON GLENN GREENWALD: He 'Doesn't Have A Clue How This Thing Works'

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) took
a shot on Sunday at Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has
broken a series of storiesabout the National Security Agency's
surveillance methods.

Responding to a question from ABC's George Stephanopoulos
about whether the government source of the leaks should be
prosecuted, Rogers said it was "important" — because the source
didn't have all of the information.

"I know your reporter that you interviewed — Greenwald — says
that he's got it all and now is an expert on the program. He
doesn't have a clue how this thing works," Rogers said. "Nether
did the person who released just enough information to literally
be dangerous."

Rogers said that the leaks were harmful because the source didn't
have a full picture of the NSA's surveillance programs. Over the
past few days — among other items — Greenwald's reporting has
revealed NSA data-mining and phone surveillance programs.

"I argue that there's other methods. ... Taking a very
sensitive classified program that targets foreign person on
foreign lands, and putting just enough out there to be dangerous,
is dangerous to us, it's dangerous to our national security and
it violates the oath of which that person took. I absolutely
think they should be prosecuted."